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PINE SPITTLEBUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pine spittlebug mean?
• PINE SPITTLEBUG (noun)
The noun PINE SPITTLEBUG has 1 sense:
1. North American insect that attacks pines
Familiarity information: PINE SPITTLEBUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American insect that attacks pines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pine spittlebug" is a kind of...):
spittle insect; spittlebug (small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete)
Holonyms ("pine spittlebug" is a member of...):
Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora (a genus of Cercopidae)
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